Transnational Africa and Globalization [Hardcover]

The dawn of neoliberal rationality in Africa in the 1980s coincided with a massive exodus of skilled Africans to the global North. Moving beyond the 'push and pull' framework that has dominated studies of this phenomenon, this collection instead looks at African transnational migrations against the backdrop of rapid and intensifying globalization.Transnational Africa and Globalization: Introduction; M.O.Okome ?& O.Vaughan ? Africa, Transnationalism & Globalization: An Overview; O.Vaughan ? Black Internationalism and Transnational Africa; R.Bush ? What About the Reciprocity? Pan-Africanism and the Promise of Global Development; M.McLean ? Transnational Africa: Un-Pledging Allegiance: The US Nation Must Make the African Connection; M.E.L.Bush? Pan-Africanizing Philanthropy: Toward a Social Theory of an Emerging Sector; J.Copeland-Carson? 'I am the bridge between two worlds': Transnational connections among Darfurians in Maine; L.A.Gale? The Changing Face of African Christianity: Reverse Mission in Transnational and Global Perspectives; J.K.Olupona? Gendered Migrations: African Identities and Globalization; A.C.Kalu ? A Matter of Habit: Unraveling the Teaching/Learning knot; N.Florence ? Undocumented Labor Migration from Morocco to Europe: An African Perspective; M.Ennaji

'At a time when it is becoming difficult to encounter fresh analysis of Africa's experiences in the age of globalization, Okome and Vaughan offer us a compelling and stimulating volume which forces us to rethink our assumptions about globalization and the forms of transnationalism provoked by this phenomenon. Through the analyses of the historical trajectory of globalism, remittances, religious and racial encounters, (im)migration and displacement, gender, and pedagogy, this volume challenges received ideas on the structures and strictures of globalization, while offering alternative readings of the conditions and different forms of African (both continental and diasporic) agencies whil3k